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Michigan State University
English Language Center / English for Academic Purposes
ESL 223: Academic Reading
Spring 2010
Syllabus: ESL223_SS10_syllabus_Ramm.pdf
Class Time & Classroom: Section 3 –Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-4:20 p.m. in C205 Wells Hall Instructor: Laura Ramm-Christensen Office Hours: By appointment E-mail: rammchri@msu.edu
Course Goals:
In this course, we will focus on developing the reading skills you will need for academic work with emphasis on the following skill areas:
Dealing with unfamiliar vocabulary
Improving reading speed
Reading a text critically for understanding
Summarizing and paraphrasing what you read
Finding specific information in a text
Making inferences and predictions from what you read Required Materials: NOTE: The ELC policy is that students can only use NEW textbooks. The following are available at the bookstore in the International Center basement: Making Connections: A Strategic Approach to Academic Reading. Kenneth J. Pakenham. 2nd edition. Cambridge UP, 2005. ISBN:0-521-54284-7
A large monolingual learner’s dictionary of English or an ESL dictionary (example: Longman AdvancedDictionary of American English) Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe. Publisher: Anchor Books. ISBN:978-0-385-47454-2
You will also want to make sure you have the following:
A three-ring binder, folders, and notebook paper
Access to the Internet, Word or similar application, and a printer (MSU requires e-tokens for printing at public stations).
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Michigan State University
English Language Center / English for Academic Purposes
ESL 223: Academic Reading
Spring 2010
Syllabus: ESL223_SS10_syllabus_Ramm.pdf
Class Time & Classroom: Section 3 –Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-4:20 p.m. in C205 Wells Hall
Instructor: Laura Ramm-Christensen
Office Hours: By appointment
E-mail: rammchri@msu.edu
Course Goals:
In this course, we will focus on developing the reading skills you will need for academic work with emphasis on the following skill areas:
Dealing with unfamiliar vocabulary
Improving reading speed
Reading a text critically for understanding
Summarizing and paraphrasing what you read
Finding specific information in a text
Making inferences and predictions from what you read
Required Materials:
NOTE: The ELC policy is that students can only use NEW textbooks.
The following are available at the bookstore in the International Center basement:
Making Connections: A Strategic Approach to Academic Reading. Kenneth J. Pakenham. 2nd edition. Cambridge UP, 2005. ISBN:0-521-54284-7
A large monolingual learner’s dictionary of English or an ESL dictionary (example: Longman Advanced Dictionary of American English)
Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe. Publisher: Anchor Books. ISBN:978-0-385-47454-2
You will also want to make sure you have the following:
A three-ring binder, folders, and notebook paper
Access to the Internet, Word or similar application, and a printer (MSU requires e-tokens for printing at public stations).